This page will provide readings and ideas for discussion. Please use them to initiate discussion amongst your staff and encourage people to add their reflections to the wiki on your school's discussion page.There are also articles and videos to read and view if you go to ICT PD OnlineNewsletters link.
Creating a Thinking Generation
Sharon Freisen shares her thoughts on what students need to learn and the skill that teachers need to have to provide the learning opportunities for them. This is a short relevant video that could be used for discussion.
Sir Ken Robinson's speech "Bring on the Learning Revolution" Feb 2010, makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' na
tural talents can flourish.This speech can be found in Ted Talks. This site has inspirational talks by people from very varied backgrounds sharing their thoughts and experiences. Another famous talk by Sir Ken Robinson is Schools Kill Creativity. Both of these talks are well worth spending the time lis
tening to. Sir Ken is easy to listen to. He is witty and entertaining but his talks contain a very thought provoking and serious message. Go to **TED:Ideas worth spreading** to view other talks.
Ian Jukes
In this interesting short article Ian Jukes describes TTWWAD (That's The Way We've Always Done It) and the implications for us as educators. This article links to several more that you may be interested in reading or using for staff discussions. http://www.edtechnot.com/notarticle103.html
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ICT PD OnlineNewsletters link.
Creating a Thinking Generation
Sharon Freisen shares her thoughts on what students need to learn and the skill that teachers need to have to provide the learning opportunities for them. This is a short relevant video that could be used for discussion.Links to other presentations by Sharon Freisen.
"Bring on the Learning Revolution"
Sir Ken Robinson's speech "Bring on the Learning Revolution" Feb 2010, makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.This speech can be found in Ted Talks. This site has inspirational talks by people from very varied backgrounds sharing their thoughts and experiences. Another famous talk by Sir Ken Robinson is Schools Kill Creativity. Both of these talks are well worth spending the time lis
tening to. Sir Ken is easy to listen to. He is witty and entertaining but his talks contain a very thought provoking and serious message. Go to **TED:Ideas worth spreading** to view other talks.
Ian Jukes
In this interesting short article Ian Jukes describesTTWWAD (That's The Way We've Always Done It) and the implications for us as educators. This article links to several more that you may be interested in reading or using for staff discussions.
http://www.edtechnot.com/notarticle103.html
Core's Ten trends
Read the first trend which is titled "Changing role of teachers and learners" and look at the slideshare.http://www.core-ed.org/lab/core-ten-trends-2010
Shift Happens
Shift Happens